Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy, as of Friday 15th July 2016, a total of 218 FOI requests have been received by the Department of Finance. The Freedom of Information Act sets out a number of standard exemptions which relate to personal information, information covered by legal privilege, records relating to parliamentary matters, information relating to law enforcement and public safety, information obtained in confidence, commercially sensitive information and information which impacts upon the financial and economic interests of the State; exemptions are applied in the case of refusing or part refusing an FOI request. A total of 36 of 218 requests have been refused by the Department in 2016 to date, and 80 have been part granted, according to the exemptions as set out under the Act.

Returns in respect of Freedom of Information requests received by the Department of Finance have been published on a quarterly basis since January 2015 on the Department's website.